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Salt

ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works American, 1826-1888

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company American, 1818-1888

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); Rim L: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Rim W: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Base L: 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.); Base W: 4.2 cm (1 11/16 in.)

MediumSlightly opaque silvery blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1982.181

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Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 260, pl. 71, no. 2.

Neal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 35, CT 1.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 176, nos. 659 (powder blue), 660 (opaque white).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, nos. 148 (silvery blue), 315 (opaque white).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 349, no. 443, colorpl. 443, p. 251.